Re:Don’t Tell Your Friends They’re Lucky
by drzaiusapelord on Thursday January 19, 2017 @01:44PM
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It "stops" it within a margin of error. Of course, no system is perfect. Just because there's abuse doesn't mean that handing out cash is just as good. The same way murder is illegal but still happens, but no one wants to live somewhere where murder is legal.
Are you certain they are effective at that? It isn't hard to imagine that a secondary market for food stamps could exist wherein they're traded for cash at some reduced rate.